How to Make Passive Income with Animation w/Apostolos Roussas

How can animation help your business and your clients' business? How is animation used as a communication and marketing tool? How do you make passive income with animation? Okay, those are a lot of questions!

In this livestream, animator/entrepreneur, Apostolos Roussas will share his experiences from the business side of animation and will explain all of the above with Chris Do. He will also discuss how animation can be used to communicate ideas to connect with audiences and clients.

Check out our Animation for Designers Course by Apostolos:

Here is a simple (and funny) tutorial by Apostolos to learn Adobe After Effects basics:

Apostolos is a director, and Chief Strategist at CandyMustache. He has been selected to create and direct animation videos for international corporations such as Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Hasbro, Village Roadshow, Dixons, Hyundai, Cote d'Or, Cosmote, Media Saturn Europe, and many more.

Apostolos has a deep passion for motion graphics. Over the past ten years, he has realized the power of motion graphics beyond the screen. He has used it as an effective communication tool to educate people and build businesses. He loves how it combines the best of audio and visual delivery with storytelling to create engaging content that can bring brand stories to life.

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8:00 - Advice for animators
10:00 - How animation can help your businesses
25:00 - How to make active income with animation
33:00 - How to make passive income with animation
41:00 - What size and file format does he export for Instagram
43:00 - How Chris made money from animation
51:00 - How does Apostolos charge?
52:00 - How did Apostolos work with big brands?

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Host: Chris Do
Producer: Mark Contreras
Cinematographers/Editors: Jona Garcia
Social Team: Elle Money, Alex Burlui
Typefaces: Futura, DIN, Helvetica Now, Calibre, Knockout, Champion Gothic

[juantoledo]

Something I absolutely love about Apostolos is how aware he is of the importance and value of what he does. I think sometimes we creatives tend to forget about this, and its crucial to know it if we want to sell what we do.

[obv_design]

I'm here for the every The Futur stream - so many creative, interesting professionals out there! Thank you, Chris and Mark for the awesome interview!⭐ Apostolos' work is amazing 👍

[TheMagicSauce]

This is the right energy. We need more of this stuff spread around the world.

[chriscannon]

Oh my god, Chris. Thank you for talking about exact rates and pushing for something that makes sense! Learning about rates is always a challenge! LOOOVE the courses I've been snatching up recently! Thanks for all the great content!

[ahmedabdullah]

You guys created an amazing course, I just finished the first homework and I'm really excited for the rest ♥️

[heidigfx]

Valuable and well-organized tips. Thank you guys ❤ I was aware of the importance of animation, but the thought of animating full shots was overwhelming. This is a more practical approach if you want to bring your content to life.

[bb_]

I SPRINTED to my computer to buy it at the reduced rate just now lol. Been contemplating buying the course for about a month but this video convinced me. Great stuff, Futur Peeps :)

[zavangar]

Why be concerned about his accent? Use captions. I bought a course from a Spanish guy who doesn’t present in English. If you need to learn something bad, don’t be concerned about stuff like that. Great interview:)

[WillyDAVID]

Love your content guys, really important info, really loved the passive income part, and the aposotolo's experienced and clients stories

[muletowndown]

Adobe Live streaming live at the same time and The Futur is crushing them with 10x the viewership rn.

[bobbygrey]

I know this comment is a little off-topic but I always feel like Jean-Claud Van Damme when getting trained by a wise old asian man, when listing to Chris talking. Chris I love you and the knowledge you share with your whole team and feature guests! ❤️

[pbbtarana]

Cool discussion with Apostolos and Chris! Great sharing and full of give aways in this video!

[sieonebts]

Awesome overview guys, already signed up for the course, can’t wait to get started!!

[personalGoogle]

Looking forward to see another awesome conversation with the great Beeple and his Golden NFT sales

[muhammadkhalil]

Thank you *Mr. Do*
Thank you *Mr. Roussas*

[ahmadsalehmuslimin]

the content of this video is all legit... I want to try getting my self dirty by learning animation... though to some people including me, animation is hard to master....

[Man_Designs]

whats the presentation software is he using? please let me know

[Zulfikeay]

Thank you for all of your insight Apostolos. Can't wait to learn from your course. :)

[MarketingHarry]

He has so much experience obviously, I learnt a lot from this interview! 😉👌

[AberrantArt]

How do you get clients? I've been working on high end Feature Films doing VFX for a decade and it's difficult to find steady work even working at major studios.